Portes Gil Chosen Provisional President of Mexico
Emilio Portes Gil, 37, a reformist and former interior minister, is elected provisional president by Congress after Calles era reforms. He pledges constitutional governance, continuation of Calles program, and promotes press liberty while facing factional tensions and church issues. Portes Gil takes office December 1 and serves until February 1930.
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Mexico
City
Emilio Portes Gil
Portes Gil
Congress
Calles
Tamaulipas
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Ogregon
Jose de Toral
Tamavulipas
Obregon
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Lopez de Lara
Luis Caballero
Caballero
Pro Cont Prohibition Institute Planned in Washington
Local citizens and the Iowa Anti Saloon League announce a two day prohibition law enforcement institute in Washington on Sept 30 and Oct 1 with the Pro Con team led by S P McNaught and Geo Y Hammond plus Miss Alice Boyer. They will speak at the Methodist and United Presbyterian churches and stage a mock trial Who Killed Wright drawn from an Iowa case with local participants and a model courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Anti- Saloon League
Washington
Anti Saloon League
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
S. P. McNaught
Ang Geo. Y. Hammond
League
Alice J. Boyer
McNaught
United Presbyterian Church
Hammond
Wright
Iowa
Mr. Hammond
Washington County Festival Parade Schedule and Route
The parade will start promptly at 10 Thursday morning with entries due on hand. The route runs from the northwest square corner, south one block, east one, north, past the Y M C A to Buds garage, west to Washington Oil, then south to the square corner and along the north side. Friday repeats the route with added commercial trucks. Fluorescent bicycles join Friday at the Junior High, entries due Friday at 2 PM.
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Washington County
Methodist Church
Main Street
Court House
Bud
Washington Oil Station
White House collie Rob Roy dies at Walter Reed
Rob Roy, the White House collie and favorite of Mr. Coolidge, died yesterday at Walter Reed hospital after stomach trouble. The dog accompanied Coolidge on a Wisconsin vacation and often visited his private office.
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Washington
Rob Roy
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Collie
Mr. Coolidge
Wisconsin
Curtis Defends Integrity Amid McGrath Slur In Omaha
Senator Charles Curtis denies claims by Mr. McGrath that he offered whiskey at Pimlico arguing the statement is a wilful malicious lie. Curtis, Republican vice presidential nominee, complains at Omaha after a speech criticizing Governor Alfred E Smith on farm relief and prohibition. He travels toward Springfield Missouri, Oklahoma rallies, then Topeka and Chicago for rest. Governor Adam McMullen of Nebraska sits with Curtis during the address.
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Curtis
Omaha
Nebr
U.P
McGrath
Charles Curtis
Pimlico
Bruce
Field
Oklahoma
Topeka
Kas
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Neb
Kansas
Smith
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Requests for new Iowa child hygiene and health divisions
Des Moines September 26. Dr Henry Albert state health commissioner asks the budget director for funds to create a department of child hygiene with 21800, a communicable disease division with 5400, and a law enforcement unit with 10000. He claims four fifths of the states children are defective and argues the division is urgently needed.
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Des Moines
U.P
Department of Child Hygiene
Henry Albert
RB. L. Hogue
Albert
State Health Department
Thursday's Five Best Radio Features
Radio listings show WEAF and WJZ coast-to-coast network times including 9 CST 8 MST 7 posT with addresses and events at municipal auditoriums and St Paul, WJZ 7:30 CST Maxwell hour, WJZ 5 CST Navy band, WABC 7 CST United Light Opera, and 8:30 CST Blue Danube Nights with network play.
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United Press
WEAF
Governor Smith
Municipal Auditorium
Mps
St. Paul
WJZ
U.S. Navy Band
WABC
United Light Opera Company
81 Percent Iowa Corn Safe From Frost Says Reed
Des Moines reports 81 percent of Iowa corn escaped frost according to the weekly crops bulletin by government meteorologist Charles D. Reed. The bulletin notes corn on high ground may escape frost, compares recent years' escape rates, and covers silo filling, oats and barley status, winter wheat seeding, sugar beets, potatoes, onions, and soybeans conditions across counties.
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Iowa
Reed
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Mitchell
Harrison
Singing Contest in Washington County October 6
The Atwater Kent foundation audition kicks off October 1 to 10 across Iowa. Washington county's county contest, for ages 18 to 25, will be at Washington high school auditorium at 2 p.m. on October 6. Contenders must avoid professional ties, declare a musical career, and sing only within their county.
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Atwater Kent Foundation
Iowa
Dorothy Detthof
Washington County
Washington High School
Mrs Gormley Visits Washington Social Visit
Mrs. Alice Gormley of Waterloo arrives in Washington from Crawfordsville to spend the day as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crozier while visiting her brother George Yeager.
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Alice Gormley
Waterloo
George Yeager
Crawfordsville
Washington
Howard Crozier
Revival Meetings Draw Big Crowds At Local Church
Evangelist King spoke at the Christian church drawing attendees from Keota and neighboring towns. A baptismal service was announced for Thursday night and visitors from Sigourney and What Cheer were expected. The message focused on Clinching The Gospel and The Contribution of the Holy Spirit to the Christian Age.
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The
Christian Church
Keota
Evangelist King
Sigourney
Open Third Round of Washington Golf Tourney
Play begins in the Washington country club event with Vic Westphal and Leslie Eicher among leaders to meet this afternoon. Third round pairings include Westphal Wicher Brookhart Wells Neiswanger Wolt Morrison Pease Thompson Clow Shannon Bostwick. Matches to finish by Saturday evening for early next week finals and a Tuesday October 2 awards dinner at the annual meeting.
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Washington Country Club
Vic Westphal
Leslie Eicher
Westphal
Wicher
Brookhart
Wells
Neiswanger
Wolt
Ed Morrison
Pease
Thompson
Clow
Ralph Shannon
Bostwick
Fall Festival Children Races Named and Prizes Listed
The fall festival schedules races for boys and girls with specific activities. Thursday at 4:15 features a bicycle race for boys offering a ride in an airplane as a prize, plus sack races with three prizes of 1.50 1.00 and .50. A three legged race for girls offers prizes of 2.00 1.50 and 1.00. Friday at the same time a bicycle race for girls repeats the prize of a ride in the airplane.
Third Annual Fall Festival Opens Tomorrow In Des Moines
Newton Welsh 16 a high school student hanged himself from a tree at the Anderson home where he had dined. Coroner Dr H J Wright said the boy was nervous and lately low in spirits and moody at dinner. A large display of farm products is expected for the festival opening tomorrow.
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Des Moines
U.P
Newton Welsh
Andrew Anderson
Anderson Yard
H. J. Wright
Governor Smith Fails To Gain West Coast Support
Governor Smith was not talking the language of the West and made no electoral headway on his speaking tour. Patrick Sullivan, Republican national committeeman from Wyoming, told President Coolidge that Illinois would deliver Hoover a 500000 plurality.
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Washington
U.P
Smith
Patrick Sullivan
Wyoming
Coolidge
Deneen
Linois
Ilinos
Hoover
Smith Confident Return From West Invasion Aboard Governor
Governor Alfred E. Smith resumes campaign travel returning from the West aboard a special train toward Minneapolis. He notes Oklahoma City speech attacking the whispering campaign drew the most telegrams of approval from across the country. At Mandan, North Dakota, Governor Maddox—elected Republican, running as Democratic nominee—will join the train before Smith speaks in St Paul.
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Smith
Minneapolis
U.p
Alfred K. Smith
West
Oklahoma City
California
Vermont
Florida
Seattle
North Dakota
Mandan
Walter Maddox
Maddox
St. Paul
Hamilton Trying the Carlson Case
The case of L. A. Andrew receiver for the closed Farmers and Merchants State bank against C. J. O. Carlson and others occupies Judge D. W. Hamilton in district court. It is a foreclosure action with E. D. Morrison for the receiver and E. C. Eicher for the defendants. Trial began yesterday afternoon. court work may wrap up today or tomorrow.
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L. A. Andrew
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
C. J. O. Carlson
D. W. Hamilton
E. D. Morrison
E. C. Eicher
Lila Carter Returns Home From Washington Visit
Lila Carter arrived back at her Keota home this morning after traveling to Washington last evening to attend a party hosted by Mrs. D. Dayton.
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Lila Carter
Keota
Washington
Washingtons fall festival set for two days of events
The third annual Washington fall festival opens tomorrow at nine o clock with two days of entertainment from morning till night. Exhibits include farm products at multiple locations, with entries already arriving for displays of dairy cattle horses hogs poultry grains vegetables and fruits. County Agent H J Montgomery leads judging and team pulling contests at White Yard with activities and parades daily.
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Washington
Marton Avenue
McNamara Store
H. J. Montgomery
McNamara
Ministers Plan Coming to Thanksgiving Sermon
The local ministers association elected Dr W W Bowers to preach the annual Thanksgiving sermon at United Presbyterian church. They outlined plans for an Ant-Saloon league church campaign next Sunday and assigned pastors to hospital calls from October through February with Bowers Eastwood Wing Fulton Klein as named months.
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Ministres Association
W.W. Bowers
United Presbyterian Church
Bowers
F. W. Eastwood
A. A. Wing
D. C. Fulton
C. Ww. Klein
Heaviest Frost Darkens Local Harvest Season
Last night brought the heaviest frost of the fall season to date with a 29 degree reading. Several frosts have followed recent nights with temperatures from 30 to 34 degrees, but most corn is out of danger though gardens and flowers may be nipped.
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Ican Republic
MEX
Antisaloon League
McNaught Coming
Frank Sage
Arthur Vinz
Marian McLaughlin
L. A. Jones
Ralph Livingston
Wm. Cook
Orville Elder
J. H. Peet
Foreman
E. E. Stutsman
Jessie Klein
Winfield Smouse
L. S. Patterson
Paul Gorham
H. L. Walker
Don Sherman
Althea Montgomery
John Speciel
C. S. Lemmon
Claude Tucker
Mittee
Springfield
Senatorhharles Curtis
Miss Detthof
Water Kent
Penney Lands
Herbert Hoover
J. C. Penney
Paul Nent
Hamilton
Carlson
Pastor's Association
Mercury
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